You are trying to find things where they don't exist.

Its very very simple. Cats were hurting ppl, destroying shit, looting, etc. The idea it was out of anger and not opportunism is far from unanimous. Most of the angry people in actual pain aren't doing that. If they were storming the police department, the prisons, the oligarch banks, thug would be the wrong word. They're stealing money from grammy, liquor from uncle Joe, and drugs from the corner store. And swinging at random ppl and throwing shit at random ppl.

You are parsing the shit out of hooligan behavior to try and fit your preference of everyone wanting to call them n-words.